France Sees Worst Wildfire Season Since Record 2022 Blazes
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With more than 50,000 hectares already ravaged by flames since January, the year 2026 is one of the most devastating of the last two decades. Back in figures and maps over twenty years...
Wildfires destroyed a record area in France at the end of this month. The number of fires also broke a record. Nature has dried out due to successive heatwaves. Although it is not yet August, fires have already broken out 311 times this year. The region around Bordeaux, in particular, has been hit hard. This is evident from figures from Copernicus, a European Commission service that monitors the Earth using satellites. Copernicus has been measu…
More than 50,000 hectares have burned in France since the beginning of the year, announced this Friday, the Minister of the Interior. Powered by global warming and its consequences, the increase in fires sometimes makes firefighters powerless, which requires rethinking the management of the territories, explains Julien Ruffault, researcher at l'Inrae.
The summer of 2026 is marked by a high fire risk with the high heat and the absence of rain. In this map you will find the prominent vegetation fires in Brittany and elsewhere in the Hexagon.
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